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Liz Bonnin is to present a new science show, Bang Goes The Theory, on BBC 1 in July. The BBC website has an interview with Liz about the new show on the site. It’s a 10 part show with thre other co-presenters, Dallas Campbell, Jem Stansfield and Dr Yan Wong. Each week the presenters will look at the science and technology that surrounds us. One of the episodes will see Bonnin get into a rescue submarine in Norway, a state-of-the-art tiny submarine, to find out how it works and why it doesn’t collapse under an incredible amount of pressure. Last year, Liz was the MC for some of our Science Week lectures which are still available to view online.

The Science Gallery has posted a series of interviews with members of its Leonardo group onto YouTube. One of the interesting interviews is with musician Chris De Burgh, who outlines why science is important from a cultural perspective and why he has gotten involved with the programme.

Sinead Kenny is a design engineer. In the video below she gives an overview about her varied job, why people might pursue this career path, and what type of skills you need to pursue this engineering role.

James Stewart is a Senior Educator with W5, an interactive discovery centre in Northern Ireland. James explains his role at W5 and how he ended up o his career path in the video below.

Technology and Development Scientist Mairead Breathnach tells us about her job and what she studied on her way to her career.

Here’s a video of Karl Stanley, a software engineer, describing his role and advice to people interested in pursuing a similar career path.

Dr Catriona Jackman talks about her role as a planetary sciencist. Jackman discusses the subjects she studied in school, the skills students should think about, what she studied in university and her day-to-day role.

Shane Callanan describes his role as an electronic engineer and offers careers advice for anyone interested in pursuing a similar role.

Stephen Troughton-Smith is a first-year DCU student who’s making $5,000 from his iPhone apps which are on sale through iTunes. Stephen was recently the subject of a feature in the Irish Times on applications being developed for Apple’s latest gizmo. RTE News recently caught up with him and here’s the video of the interview.

My Piece on RTÉ News / first TV appearance! from Steven Troughton-Smith on Vimeo.

We’re partnering with CareersPortal to offer careers advice for anyone interested in pursuing a science, engineering or ICT career. We’ve just uploaded some new video interviews with people working in these field which are available to view here.

Here’s some info on the interviewees:

Shane Callanan works as an Electronic Engineer with Excelsys Technologies. He heads up the  Applications Engineering group and specialises in the area of power supplies. He received a Batchelor of Engineering from the Cork Institute of Technology.

Caitriona Jackman went to secondary school at Crescent College Comprehensive in Limerick. From there, she did a degree in Applied Physics at the University of Limerick. During that time she did a 9-month co-op placement at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory in Surrey.  After graduation she moved to the University of Leicester to do a PhD in Planetary Science. She is now working as a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London.

Máiréad Breathnach works as a Technology Development Scientist  for a company called Technology From Ideas. She followed her love of maths from a young age and went to UL (University of Limerick) to complete a BSc in Applied Physics, and then on to do a PhD in a similar area.

After his Leaving Cert, Karl Stanley went to Trinity College Dublin to do a degree in Mathematics. He then went on to compete a M.Sc in Computer Science and currently works as a Software engineer with ticket-text.com.

Sinead Kenny works with Creganna in Galway as a Design Engineer in the Medical Device Sector. She did a degree in Material Science from the University of Limerick where she continued with her studies and was awarded a PhD in Biomedical Cements.

James Stewart is employed to manage the design and delivery of a programme of workshops, shows and events hosted by W5 in Belfast. He holds a Degree in Geography and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education Management Qualifacation from ILM. Over the past two years he has been involved in delivering a programme of events to 35,000 post primary students in areas ranging from animation to anatomy.

Brian Macken is working on the Science Bus.  In secondary school he studied Physics, Applied Maths, Business, German, Geography, English, Irish and Maths. He then went on to study Theoretical Physics and Computer Science in NUI Maynooth.  Following that he did a one-year Masters in Science Communication in Dublin City University. Beyond that, all the training for working on the science bus has been on the job training – you learn by doing.

Brian O’Connor works as an Analytical Chemist for Wyeth.  He joined the company as an Analyist working in the lab and has since been promoted to the position of Manager of the Raw Materials Lab. He did his a degree in Chemistry in Maryville College in Tennessee and then moved to the University of California Riverside where he completed his Masters of Science in Analytical Chemistry.